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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
7. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
11. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
12. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. A state in northwestern North America.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
21. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
29. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. A state in north central United States.
36. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
37. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
39. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
42. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
46. (Babylonian) The sky god.
47. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
49. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
50. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
52. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
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1. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
2. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
3. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
4. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
5. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
6. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. A long-playing phonograph record.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966).
35. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
36. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
38. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
45. Towards the side away from the wind.
46. Before noon.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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